Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-14

cousin Lille. MIR. Madison manifested
Great surprise and grief, and went into the
house 20 communicate the sad intelligence
| TO his wife. After he came out the conyer.
sation was renewed. Mr. Madison desired
10 20 10 the almsbOuse that nigh, but
Il was then too late. lie described the de-
ceased, and particularly mentioned deep
scar IN the midde If her breast, wbich, ne
| sa'd. tad resulted from a badly-dresseu
| blister when she was 4 child. He was as.
,ured that this scar had been found on the
| ody OF the deceased; and this. together
wi6 the fact that the Misses Dunstan bad
! identified the body. forced the conviction
upon his mind that she was indeed bis
cousin, Mr. Madisop's attention was then
called 10 the condition Of Lillian at the time
Of ber death.
The officer then said: "The man who
caused her disgrace Is probably the man
who is responsible for her death" "IeS,"
ossentcd MIR. Madison. al had never
suspected that she was in that condition,
but II what YOU tell me is true, believe ]
Know who ruined ber." "Wbo Is he 2"
was askld. 81 would not like to say at
| present,D answered Mr.. Madison.
CIUVTRIgs's NAME FIEsr MENTIONED.
The officer had in his notebook the
names OF three King W iliam men who had
| been "in trouolen in Richmond. lie
| mentioned the first. "Do you know c. L.
| Jluyetius - be asked. I" That Il the
man." Mr.. Madison replied. and then quick.
ly CORE citing bimself. added: Not L. I.
| CluVefius. but 4. J. Cluyerius." &C. L.
Jmyerius is the one who went to the peni'
| tentiary: the one | mean Is Thomas j.
Cmycrius, young lawyer living In King
| and Queen county"
| The grounds oi bis suspicion were then
! made known and other particulars obtain
| cd, after which Mr.. Madison promised u
20 TO King William the next morning ana
bring the father Of Lillian to the city. AS
.oon as the name OF the deceased bad been
positively asceItained, rumors connecting
! one Biggs, a well.digger, with the tragedy
became riie in the city. His whereabouts
were sOou ascertaintd, and officers were
iudustTlously working TO tind ont all they
could about this somewhat eccentrlc lndl-
| Nidual who six years before bad pad ~,
addresses to the child Lillian and incurred
the anger OF her father and family.
Tuesday morning the registers OF all the
hotels were examined, and it was aseer.
tanned that 4. J. Cluycrius had arrived IN
Richmond Thursday, March 18th, before
noon, end occupied room at the Davis
| House Thursday and Friday nights, and
that he left the city by the York-riyer route
| carly Oh Saturday morning.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
Later In the day Il was discovered that
the deceased had occupied Room No. 2l at
the American Hotel, where she ma
registered by the name OF Miss +. L'
Merton. A crowd soon collected In the
rotunda OF the hotel, and the name on the
register was read by hundreds oil persons
Coroner Taylor was there seeking informi-
ton. He made careful inquiries about
Biggs. the we'll digger, but when TIE name
| of T. j, CluypTiuS was suggested 10 hlm
A. The probable murderer, be was equally
rs inde,atigible in bis efforts to lind ont all
he could concerning "the festive Tlbe-
rias - rs he called him. Policeman Lam
Kin and another officer then went into the
readirg.room OF the hotel, and had Ange-
lima smith, the rOOm-niid. brought IN.
She 9nd Hunter Hunt, the hallboy, were
closely qufsliorod.
TORN NOTE.
! In the course Of the examination Hunt
spoke of the note sent by the deceased in
answer 10 the one received by her. When
asked what had become OF the note he said
that Mir. Dodson had torn II up and thrown
# into the waste. basket. lie was then
directed to go into the Office and bring the
| basket with all Of its contents To the OIL
GERS. Hunt was gone some time, and the
officers started TO find him. MI. DodsOn
and Detective John Wren were then search
ing the waste. basket, and ia few moments
Detective Wren went up the steps
into the hotel with his hands full
OF scraps Of paper. Tnese pieces OF paper
were afterwards put together, and on tnem
could he read, " | will be there a. soon a.
possihle 90 do wait for me-" The note was
written with lcad-poucil m the middle ~
sheet Of note-paper, aud bore neither dare,
Signature, nor address. In the same basket
from which these pieces were taken was
found an ordinary white envelope, torn in
two pieces. bearing the address: /. j.
Cluverius, Richmond, Va"
This address was not verv legible to a
person unfamiliar witn The name, aud those
| who first examined the envelope read II
"T. j. ClemmonS" When the officer who
had seen yr. William II. Madison sug.
gested to Mr.. Witt on Tuesday nights at the
almshOuse that the name was Cluyerlus To-
sead OF ClemmOns the writing was again
examined. Tits was found 10 be so beyond
any doubt.
DECEAsED's TRUNK.
Tuesday morning q telegram was sent TO
Mrs. J. b. Dickinson, In Bath county,
making inquiry concerning Miss Madison.
An answer was soon received ftom Mr.
Sydnor, agent at MillJorO' depot, stating
that she left on the cars for Richmond on
Thursday Another telegram was then
sent to Mrs. Dickinson, requesting her to
send without deIly The trunk and all other
property belonging 10 Mss Madison.
Saunders and J. ] Walton, and Mr. ;. W.
Farrar, a member Of the Jury OF Inquest,
went out 10 the reservoir and found in the
dead.hou>e of the smallpox hospital a
black straw hat with two black plumes or
feathers in il. The door to the building
was locked. but The windows were badly
broken. There was no string or other fdsten-
ing on the bat, such as Is used to contne 1t
TO the bead. On the hat could be dis
covered small particles OF red lint, and in
the lining Jew graVels.
AT THE CoRONER's.
Tuesday night the Coronel's Jury again
assembled at tie almshOuse. Tue body had
then been neatly dressed aud was Laid IN
coffin. Several witnesses wer" then eX
amincd- among them Hunter NJ. Hunt nnd
a illiam Tyler (c0Iored), cmployG' a The
| AlitItt1n ltbiiis NAN ehA i'N'-7
uiZcd the deceased a. the wODin whJ hId
occupied Room No. q at Ihe hDiel On the
Friday before. Tbeir testimony wa'
most important. Ter testified thnI
on Friday night aUOut halI-pist
O'clock he went 10 the Office and
! was told by the clcik to take 4 card tc
Room No. II aud tell The lady that agentle-
man in the pailor wished to see her. III
showed The gentleman up into the parloI
, and carried the card 10 the room, bur the
lady was not IN. As be returned 10 th'
| parlor he met the lrdy and an old gentle
man coming up the steps OF the ladies' en-
| trance, who walked lnto the parlOr, and hG
followed behind them. The oil gentleOar
lat down by the door and asked II tbs
, Young lady could get room, or this lady
wants a room. lie replied that she could
: get room. All three then got up and came
| into the hall. As the Young man passed hid
he said " | don't think that Is the youn.
ady want 10 see. The young lady
,rdnted 10 see toent 10 school Nth my sister
, He then carried the lady TO her room and
said TO her: - When this young man cams
IN be wanted to see you, and now he say
be didn't want 10 see you, but wanted u
see q lady who went TO school with his sis
ter" She then asked where the youua
! man was, and sent him TO the Office TO tnt
him. lie (wltnessl went down into thu
: office. and in about fifteen minute
,, the young man came In again. lie seemed
very restless. TYLER went up 10 HIN anC